WSL

Today, I'm happy to introduce our latest feature to you to use Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2, or simply WSL) to run or test Go applications seamlessly. This feature is called Run Targets and supports WSL 2, Docker, and SSH remotes. If you'd like to learn more about these, the overview article of this feature, explaining it in more detail, should come in handy. In this article, I'll focus on the WSL 2 side of this feature. If you wish to use other targets, you can check the article covering the Docker target. If you'd prefer a video version of this article, then please head t

Previously, when you were using GoLand, you could test and run your code only on the same machine you had the IDE installed on. You could use the FTP/SFTP Connectivity (ex. Remote Hosts Access) plugin and the Settings/Preferences | Tools | External Tools feature or the built-in Docker plugin to achieve some sort of workflow. However, this was not convenient to use and did not have the integration level that our users expect when using our tools. That is why our team embarked on a journey to provide a better experience for these kinds of workflows. And that's how the Run targets feature came

We released an EAP version for a seamless integration of this feature, see https://blog.jetbrains.com/go/2021/02/12/goland-2021-1-eap-3/#run_target_for_wsl Please provide feedback for it. Thank you! Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL as it's commonly known, allows Windows 10 to run Linux inside Windows. We are going to have a look at WSL 1 since, as of the publishing of this article, WSL 2 is not officially released yet. After installing WSL 1, and enabling your preferred Linux distribution on it, you can set up Go as you would on a normal Linux installation. You should also install Go for W